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Türkiyat Mecmuası, C. 23/Güz, 2013
AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE SELJUKID
DYNASTY: IBRAHIM YINAL
ABSTRACT
Ibrahim Yinal was a maternal half-brother of Tughril and Chagri
Begs, the founders of the Great Seljuk Empire. Sources do not
mention him much during the struggles with the Ghaznavids after
coming the Seljukids to Khorasan. However, when Tughril Beg
moved west after the Battle of Dandanqan, Ibrahim came under his
command and achieved notable successes. After the conquests of Jibal
and Ray, he was appointed as a governor of Azerbaijan and led
successful raids into the eastern provinces of the Byzantine Empire
which culminated in the battle of Pasin in 1048. Later, Ibrahim
revolted against Tughril Beg but his attempt came to nothing,
nevertheless Tughril Beg pardoned him and kept him close to himself.
Due to his favorable activities Mosul was granted to him. In his
presence in Mosul, he conspired a second revolt against Tugril Beg
with Arslan Besasîrî,this second revolt also, though with great
difficulty, was quashed by Tughril Beg. As far as the given accounts
about Yinal are concerned, one can easily conclude his contention
against Tughril Bey was futile. Nonetheless, Ibrahim Yinal was one of
the prominet actors who contributed much to the rapid expansion of
Great Seljukids,and to increase its prestige in the region.
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